Dec 24 2010
CIVCOM Devices and Systems and GigOptix, a provider of high-performance electro-optic components, announced that they manufacture highly integrated modules and components for advanced 100Gb/s and 40Gb/s communication systems.
Both the companies have been granted a US-Israel Bi-national Industrial Research & Development (BIRD) Foundation funding to develop the modules.
The funding will initially help in developing a Small Form Factor (SFF) 40Gb/s RZ-DQPSK transponder. CIVCOM will manufacture the RZ-DQPSK SFF transponder, whereas Gigoptix will develop a 40Gb/s RZ-DQPSK optical modulator and broadband amplifiers.
GigOptix will utilize the Thin Film Polymer on Silicon teschnology to execute a 40Gb/s RZ-DQPSK optical modulator in one package. The RZ-DQPSK optical modulation is executed by utilizing two Lithium Niobate modulators. The first modulator implements RZ modulation whereas the second modulator executes DQPSK modulation.
GigOptix’ optical modulator and broadband RF driver teams will also optimize the interoperability between the driver and the modulator to decrease the footprint and power consumption of the transmission system. The decrease in power and size will allow CIVCOM to reduce the size of the RZ-DQPSK transponder to the existing size of the 10G transponders.
Source: http://www.gigoptix.com/